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Nonsense. You should be ashamed of making up wild stories. He was abducted by the space aliens common to that area (they're fascinated by the disappearing bridge) and he's embarrassed about the anal probing; that's my guess.

I was pretty surprised with the Franconia Ridge last mid-week. Great weather (some brief showers) but very light traffic in my hours-long dawdle all along the entire ridge. Then I couldn't get across Lafayette without almost physical contact (and of course nobody was yielding). With the hut...

I'm struggling right now even with the idea of using the shuttle services, individual people's cars. I do that all the time, and I'm sure they are wiping down and wearing masks (and I will) but still I'm having trouble with the idea. I can't even imagine hitching right now.

" It's within earshot of a stream for the first 2 miles. You'll have to go off trail 100-200 feet and drop 50ish feet to access it." After the close approaches to the stream right near the start, there is fairly easy access at around 1800-1810 feet, then decent access in various spots through...

There's apparently no truth to the silly rumor that the AMC is going to have it dropped on the top of Lafayette and charge $147.50 admission. Looks like it's going to be a flat $150.

Which reminds me that there is an always-flowing stream after you've pretty much bottomed out coming down from Garfield and have been walking flat for awhile. I have a tenuous recollection that I once found a stream very near Galehead Hut once, when it was closed and I needed water, but I've...

Going downhill S-N, with the Pond coming into view on your left and the old shelter site opening up on your right, about 100 yards before the bottom of the sag there is a path leading down to a rocky section on the shore that is less boggy, usually an easy water draw spot. Lafayette Spring...

I just did the Molly Route from the foot of the Bondcliff Trail to the Thoreau Falls Trail for the first time in years, with a newer GPS to check old data, and things are pretty much as I reported and the data points accurate. Amazingly, cheap consumer GPS gadgets are apparently a lot more...

Not worth a new thread, but I just did the Molly Route and then up Thoreau Falls Trail for the first time in a couple of years, and the Thoreau Falls Trail is pretty much dissolving into the hillside. Is it part of the plan just to let it disappear? The lower roadbed will last for many decades...

Last year on closing day, cooking all the leftover food, it was turkey sandwiches as I remember. But the person I talked with was very careful not to be "selling" them. There was the tip jar and there may have been a suggested amount.

Before the BPB became the clear end-to-end footpath it is now, I did it a couple of times lower down to the east and that whole area in between the BPB and the Fisherman's seemed a wet boggy mess from what I saw of it. When there was leaf cover over the muck you'd sink halfway to your knee on...

Is it practical to leave the Black Pond Trail just south of the Pond and head directly east to Franconia Falls? I was tempted to try that on a recent hot day. I know there are traditional alternatives to get to the Falls coming from Owl’s Head: east across from NORTH of the pond, or the...

Found Monday July 15, 2019. At least that's what I think it is. I thought it might be some important piece of medical gear so I wrapped it up and carried it home. But a search shows it's probably just a vaping pen. My family is upset at me, says these things can explode so it's outside and I'm...

Actually from the Broadway Musical and subsequent movie. The original oft repeated quote from the comic strip was less inspired: What's good for General Bullmoose is good for everybody, or something like that.

Reminded me of the General Bashington T. Bullmoose quote "What's good for General Bullmoose is good for the USA!" The General was not a big fan of regulation either.

Agreed. Terrible to see this. I"m embarrassed for them as they're not nearly as great as I am.

Format: DMS M/D/Y H:M:S -4.00 hrs Datum[073]: NAD27 CONUS ID Name Comment Date Time Latitude Longitude Icon Display Option Altitude R 1 Northrop Traverse W Northrop01 verified good 00:00.0 42°07'16.7" -73°28'33.4" Waypoint NS W Northrop02 verified good 00:00.0 42°07'16.0"...

[continued from part 2] Descend S and then SE, staying on the rock outcroppings. Tiny bits of scrub in between. The views are even better lower down because of the perspective and because the slope becomes sparsely treed. Look to the S (between leafy branches in Summer) and you'll see the Falls...

[continued from part 1] Here you have a choice. The Northrup tends to stay up on the ridge to the right (N), while the pink-tape blazed trail parallels it slightly downslope to the its left (S). I'm more comfortable just following the Pink Trail west. It's more scenic because you can sometimes...

Here's a hike in that general area I used to like; haven't done it in 7 years so who knows. I've heard the light-blue trail may have had its blazes obscured because the slope was too steep (it isn't). Route from West Street (near Mt Ethel) to the Bash Bish Falls Parking Lot A great walk idea...